Eataly, a hybrid grocery and restaurant concept created in Italy in 2007 and now in 37 locations around the world, appears to have taken a formal step into Texas.

Eataly Dallas LLC was created in Delaware last month, a move first reported by D Magazine. Eataly has only six stores in the U.S. in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and most recently Las Vegas.

The concept has both freestanding and mall locations in the U.S. and varies from 40,000 to 67,000 square feet. In Dallas, it may be looking at NorthPark Center, which has a large space with an exterior entrance available on the Boedeker Street side of the mall.

Upscale home appliance and remodeling retailer Pirch vacated 32,000 square feet at NorthPark in late 2017 in a restructuring that left only its California stores open.

Eataly pizza ovens and marble slab counters are open to the restaurant, adding to the theater of the place. Photographed at the Eataly in downtown Manhattan at Westfield World Trade Center mall.

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Cannoli pastries are filled once they're ready to be purchased. Photographed at Eataly in downtown Manhattan at the Westfield World Trade Center mall.

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Fresh produce at Eataly in downtown Manhattan at the Westfield World Trade Center mall.

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NorthPark Center declined to comment. The store in Los Angeles was part of the expansion and renovation of Westfield Century City mall. It's also in Westfield World Trade Center mall in downtown Manhattan.

Eataly couldn't be reached for comment. The company has a dozen locations in Italy alone. Other stores are in Turkey, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and Russia.

Eataly's Las Vegas location is the most recent to open in the U.S. It's located at the entrance of the Park MGM Hotel.

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Breads and pastries at the Eataly in Las Vegas. The store is located at the entrance of the Park MGM Hotel.

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Eataly's grocery store and restaurant make an impressive statement together.

Some of what the store will be bringing to Dallas is here between Jimmy's Food Store in Old East Dallas and multiple Central Market locations, not to mention the plethora of pizza restaurants such as Cane Rosso, Pie Tap and more recently Sauce in The Hill shopping center.

But Eataly goes well beyond that with a vast selection that includes many of the company's own brands. Prepared foods are unique to each location.

And Eataly has a deeper selection in just about every important Italian food category: cheeses, olive oils, cured meats, pastas, breads, pastries, wines and sauces. It also stocks aisles of imported dry groceries and fresh produce.

While parts of an Eataly store are reminiscent of Dallas original Eatzi's, it's much bigger and totally Italian.